Hey, I like Herman Cain. I think he would be a great VP, or SecTreas, or any other national level role dealing with fiscal and regulatory policy.
But for the top of the ticket - no way I'm voting for him unless Mitt is the only other name on the ballot. Cain just hasn't done his homework, particularly on foreign policy.
My nightmare is him getting a 98 mph fastball in the debate with Zero....
"Ahhhhh....... how about you go first, Mr. President?"
Cain is the latest beneficiary of the Angle/O'Donnell/Palin mindset which is very, very strong on FR. It's the mindset which holds that naivete and artlessness are not only acceptable in a candidate, they are downright required. Even a hint of scholarly attainment in a candidate is despised.
This is an understandable reaction to the we-know-better-than-you hyper academicism of the Obama administration. But it's an overreaction, and in my opinion it's gone way too far.
Yes, you are quite right. I keep seeing people claim Cain is an "authentic conservative". Since when does ignorance make one authentic?